Yang Yan was holding an invitation in his hand, and the signature of the invitation was Deng Wang Zhao Kai.

Since Zhao Tuan announced the marriage of Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru, Yang Yan, as a quasi-concubine, is very popular among the princes and grandsons of Lin'an, not only receiving a large number of invitations every day, but also many admiring people. However, they were all pushed away by Yang Yan on the grounds that he was too busy with military training. But this Zhao Kai is different from ordinary people, not only as a clan, but also as King Deng.

Yang Yan knew that the identity of King Deng and Zhao Kai was somewhat similar to Zhao Qianru. In fact, they have no direct blood relationship with Emperor Zhao Tuan, but they are all descendants of Taizu's line. But the difference is that Zhao Kai's father Zhao Xuan was adopted by Zhao Gou together with the current emperor Zhao Tuan, and they were all Zhao Gou's heirs. Although Zhao Gou later elected Zhao Tuan as the crown prince, he did not snub Zhao Xuan and named Zhao Xuan as the king of Enping.

After Zhao Tuan inherited the throne, he remembered the affection of Zhao Xuan's adopted son, and was very generous to Zhao Xuan, and crowned him as King Deng. Zhao Xuan is also very low-key, cautious and cautious, and does not care about the affairs of the government at all, which also makes Zhao Xuan very relieved. In the second year of Longxing (1164), Zhao Xuan died, and his son Zhao Kai inherited the title of King Xin.

Zhao Kai is not very old, but he is talented, and he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, lyrics, songs, and fu. And Corporal Lixian, whether it is a celebrity or a civilian, as long as he has a skill, he will not hesitate to bend down to make friends. However, he will never interfere in the affairs of the court, and even if he occasionally makes friends with some well-known middle and lower-level officials, the ministers of the court will never come to live. And he is very respectful to Zhao Tuan and never hides his actions. Therefore, Zhao Tuan is also very kind to him and is not suspicious.

Over time, Zhao Kai is quite known as the "Virtuous King", and most of the celebrities and talents are proud to be able to intersect with Zhao Kai. Although Yang Yan is also regarded as an important minister, he is also a member of the clan because he was selected as a concubine, and Zhao Kai's invitation to him is not out of line.

However, Yang Yan was not interested in this, and he didn't want to go to the appointment if he didn't come, but Yang Changpeng persuaded him: "You always have to learn to socialize with others." I had to agree.

The next day, he did not ride a horse and came to Zhao Kai's palace on foot. Zhao Kai's palace is located in the southwest of Lin'an. When he arrived at the gate of the palace, the doorman told Yang Yan that Zhao Kai was waiting for him in the Water Pattern Garden. The Water Pattern Garden is also Zhao Kai's industry, located in the corner of the West Lake, about five miles away from the palace, and is one of the famous forest gardens in Lin'an.

Before coming to the Water Pattern Garden, the housekeeper of the garden pointed to a gravel path leading to the garden and said to Yang Yan: "General Yang walks along this gravel road, and the prince is waiting for the general in the Tingyue Pavilion in front. ”

Yang Yan was a little unhappy in his heart, but since he wanted to meet this King Deng after coming to the scriptures, he had to walk in along the gravel path. On both sides of the trail are rows of towering bamboo forests, and at this time, it is early spring, and the new branches are spitting grass, and they are verdant. It also made the whole ring mirror very quiet, so that Yang Yan couldn't help but feel relaxed.

At this time, I only heard the sound of the piano, and when I turned a corner, a small pavilion appeared. The pavilion is made of bamboo, backed by a rockery, half of which is overhung in the air, and below is a waterhole. Although the rockery is not big, but the strange peaks come out, quite in the meaning of piercing the air, a mountain spring flows into the water from the mountain and there are countless crystal splashes. The water is turquoise and crystal clear.

Yang Yan saw that there was a man sitting in the pavilion stroking the qin, and there were several women in colorful clothes standing around. The man who stroked the qin was Zhao Kai, the king of letters, and when he saw Yang Yan coming. Zhao Kai immediately stopped playing the qin, got up and came out of the pavilion. walked up to Yang Yan and said, "General Yang, Xiao Wang is polite." ”

Yang Yan hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Don't dare, there is only one martial artist below, and there is Lord Lao." ”

Take a closer look at Zhao Kai: At the age of twenty-five or sixteen, he was born like a crown of jade, with long eyebrows and fine eyes. The forehead is crowned with a broad belt, and the ribbon is a crane. He is quite slender and has a wide crane, which is quite otherworldly.

Zhao Hua smiled and said: "What kind of prince, I just rely on my ancestors to be a little cute, and I really don't have any credit, I am really ashamed to be in this position." As he spoke, he took Yang Yan's hand and said, "This is not the place to talk, come, sit down in the pavilion and talk." ”

The two sat opposite each other in the pavilion, and the piano on the table had already been put away by the woman. From the pavilion by the railing to see the bamboo forest in the distance, close to see the rockery spring water. Sure enough, the scenery is pleasant. Although Zhao Kai let himself run a little more wrongly, it was worth seeing such a scene. And the four women around Zhao Kai are red, blue, purple, and white clothes, all of whom are beautiful people with national colors and fragrance. The beauty with the beautiful scenery is also quite pleasant today.

At this time, Yang Yan noticed that there was a small stove on the side of the press, and a kettle was placed on it, which was spitting white gas, and it seemed that the water was boiling.

Zhao Kai glanced at Yang Yan and said with a smile: "General Yang came by coincidence, the water is just boiling, and he can compensate for the homemade six pure tea." He clapped his hands lightly. The red-clothed girl and the blue-clothed waiter came over. The red-clothed maid held an antique tea set in her hand and put it on the table. The lan-clothed maid placed a tray containing six squares full of tea leaves in front of Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai picked up a small spoon from the six square boxes. Pick out different quantities of tea leaves and place them in a round slip full of small holes all around. Then put this small cylinder with tea leaves into a teapot. Only then did Yang Yan understand that this would not stain the tea leaves in the water.

I saw Zhao Kai skillfully pick up the kettle from the small stove, pour the boiling water into the teapot, then close the lid, put his hand on the ash lid, wait for a while, pour out the water in the pot, and refill the kettle. After waiting a little longer, pour the water from the teapot into another pot. After a long while, he poured the tea from the pot into the teacup that Yang Yan had seen.

Yang Yan suddenly felt a fresh fragrance coming to his face. Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Brother Yang, how about you try this tea?" ”

Yang Yan picked up the teacup and drank it all, only to feel that his mouth was full of pure fragrance, and there was a slight bitterness in addition to the pure fragrance, and after drinking, he felt that the aftertaste was endless. I couldn't help but say, "Good tea." ”

Zhao Kai smiled slightly, his face was quite proud, and said: "This tea is made by selecting six kinds of high-quality tea leaves, after six steaming and six drying, and processing by a variety of processes, and then boiling it with snow water in the next year, and soaking it twice. Brother Yang didn't know what to advise after drinking. ”

Yang Yan only rolled his eyes when he heard this complicated tea-making process, he couldn't imagine that drinking a cup of tea would be so troublesome, looking at Zhao Kai's skillful movements just now, he thought that he had never made tea like this. However, Yang Yan has never been very particular about diet, and usually only likes to eat barbecue food in the wild, and as for drinking, he doesn't care about well water, mountain springs, and river water. Even if these six pure teas are delicious, he is never willing to spend so much effort to make them.

However, when Zhao Kai asked like this, Yang Yan had no choice but to say: "I have never understood the technology of making tea, and I have a smile on the teaching prince." But this tea is very delicious. As he spoke, he looked at the teapot and thought: There should be three or four cups in this pot, why did Zhao Kai only give him one drink.

Zhao Kai was stunned, a trace of disappointment flashed on his face, but he immediately regained his smile and said, "Brother Yang is not a good soldier, he is outspoken, and he speaks refreshingly. ”

At this time, Zhao Kai struck his hand twice, and the red-clothed maid and the blue-clothed maid immediately came over to clean up the tea set. Thinking that there was still delicious Liuchun tea left in the pot, Yang Yan screamed in his heart that it was a pity. At this time, the purple-clothed maid had already put a Go chessboard on the right and pressed a few on it.

Zhao Kai said: "I have heard that Brother Yang is proficient in the art of war, and he must be clever in chess, how about talking about a game with him?" ”

Yang Yan blinked, still thinking about the connection between being proficient in the art of war and being good at chess. The white-clothed maid had already placed two boxes of shaved jade chess pieces on the press table.

Zhao Kai grabbed two sunspots, put them on the star position on his side, and said, "Please." ”

It seems that it will not work if you don't play, Yang Yan had to smile bitterly: "The chess skills you are playing are not high, and I ask the prince to show mercy." As he spoke, he also grabbed two white seeds and put them on the star position on his side.

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Brother Yang doesn't have to be polite. As he spoke, he picked up a black disc and hung it on the star in the left corner of the white piece.

Yang Yan also picked up a white seed, and a black seed was clamped. said: "I am offering ugliness under the next, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

However, Yang Yan's chess skills are indeed average. Usually occasionally playing chess with Cao Xun and Gao Zhen always loses more and wins less, even if they play chess with tassels, they dare not say that they will win. Fortunately, he treats chess as a game, doesn't care if he wins or loses, and doesn't study chess skills much.

Although Zhao Kai's chess skills are better than others, Yang Yan can't see it, but Yang Yan knows that he is indeed much smarter than himself. After only playing more than seventy or eighty steps, I saw that the game was full of blacks, and Yang Yan's white chess pieces were divided into pieces. A big dragon was about to be chased and killed by Zhao Kai when he looked at it.

Yang Yan looked at Da Long's scriptures, and he couldn't think of any way to crack it. Gently pushed the chessboard and said: "The prince's chess skills are excellent, I admit defeat." ”

Although Yang Yan admitted defeat, Zhao Kai had no joy on his face. Instead, he was quite surprised: "The overall situation has not yet been fully decided, how can Brother Yang admit defeat in the middle of the game." ”

Yang Yan pointed to the chessboard and said with a smile: "The big dragon is dead, isn't this game of chess still lost?" ”

Zhao Kai also pointed to the chessboard and said: "If Brother Yang plays like this, if he plays like this, this big dragon will still have a chance to change his words." ”

Yang Yan looked at the chessboard carefully, thought about it again, and admired Zhao Kai's chess skills a little. Said: "The prince's chess skills are really smart, I can't see these two moves, but even if I think of it, with the prince's chess skills, I'm afraid that I will lose if I play, so I still admit defeat in advance." ”

Zhao Kai was puzzled: "Obviously there is still a glimmer of opportunity, Brother Yang gave up so easily?" Could it be that Brother Yang is also like this on the battlefield, and if something goes wrong, he will give up? ”

Yang Yan felt that he was asking strangely, but still replied: "In the battlefield confrontation, of course, you must go all out to win, and you can't give up easily. But isn't this a game of chess? It's just a pastime game, so why take it too seriously? ”

Zhao Kai couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, and said: "Brother Yang originally just regarded playing chess as a pastime game, which is too orderly...... Under ......"

Yang Yan was inexplicably surprised by him, but he also saw that Zhao Kai was disappointed in himself. Thinking that there was no intention of staying any longer, I got up and took my leave.

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Yang's Mansion, Study. Yang Yizhong, Wan Xiansheng, and Gu Zhengyang were all present.

Wan Xian said: "Zhengpei, you invited us here, what is the important matter?"

Yang Yizhong said: "I invite the three of you to come today, there is indeed a major matter to discuss with you, which is related to my Great Song Dynasty national fortune." ”

Yi Xiu said: "The three of us, although we have a slight reputation in Jianghu, I am afraid that they will not be of much help to military affairs." What's more, the current emperor is not bad, and the appointed Zhang Jun, Yu Yunwen and others are also capable ministers. There is something important to discuss with us. ”

Yang Yizhong said in a deep voice: "We have repaid our meticulous work in the Jin Kingdom, and the former national teacher of the Jin Kingdom, the Pufeng Living Buddha, reopened the temple door. The two new disciples of the sect finished Yan Changzhi, and the monk Wanyan Chen came out of the Jin Dynasty and was entrusted with important tasks by the Jin Emperor Wanyan Yong. ”

The "Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes" are all masters of the rivers and lakes today, but when they hear the name of the Living Buddha of the Common Wind, they can't help but tremble.

Pufeng Living Buddha is the former national teacher of the Jin Kingdom, after Taizu Wanyan A Guda, Taizong Wanyan Wu begging, Xizong Wanyan Yan, abolished Emperor Wanyan Liang, to today's Jin Dading Emperor Wanyan Yong, a total of five dynasties for more than 40 years. Ju said that he was a transcendent martial artist, and he was close to the realm of heaven and man. Wanyan Zongbi, the fourth prince of the famous Jin State at that time, was his disciple.

In the first year of Jingkang (1126), the Jin State invaded the Song Dynasty. Pu Feng also went south with the Jin army and fought the masters of the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains. In more than ten years, more than 100 masters of the Central Plains have been defeated. It was not until the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139) that the first master of Buddhism and Taoism at that time was finally introduced, the presiding meditation Zen master of Shaolin Temple, and the patriarch of the Heavenly Master Dao, Bao Shufang. The three of them spent seven days and seven nights on the top of Mount Tai, and then each went down the mountain to close their doors and shut themselves, and never asked about the world.

No one knows what happened in the past seven days and seven nights. The three people involved never said anything. But Jianghu's rumors are divided. Some people say that it was meditation and Uncle Bao's technique that overwhelmed Pu Feng, and finally made Pu Feng retreat; It is also said that for seven days and seven nights, the general wind frustrated the two, and finally felt that there was no one in the world who resisted, so he no longer asked about the world; It is also said that the three of them will lose both, and they will decide the winner after the injury is healed, etc. But now that Jing Xiu and Uncle Bao have passed away, they know that it really seems that there was only Pu Feng back then.

But after Pufeng returned to Jinguo, he studied on his own in the capital Shangjing Huishou Mansion and Huishou Temple. In the temple gate has not been a step. Emperor Jin had to go to Huining Temple in person to ask for advice if he had a state inquiry.

Later, Wanyan Liang killed the king and seized the throne, perversely, brutal and murderous. The color of the talk of the government and the opposition changed, and Pu Feng was also dissatisfied with his actions, and later Wan Yan Liang went to Huining Temple to meet Pu Feng, and Pu Feng also refused to meet. Wan Yanliang was also dissatisfied.

In the third year of Tiande (1152), Wanyan Liang moved the capital to Yanjing, which was called Zhongdu. Pu Feng still stayed in Huining Temple, refusing to walk with Wan Yan Liang. Later, Wanyan Liang killed Yan Zongbi's family, only the adopted son Wanyan Chen monk and Zongbi's youngest son Wanyan Changzhi were taken by his henchmen and fled to Huining Temple and were taken in by Pufeng. Pufeng even sealed the temple gate of Jiangning Temple to show that he would never see the end of the face. Wan Yanliang was furious, but he was afraid of the prestige and martial arts of Pufeng, and he did not dare to send troops into the temple to arrest people, and sent several groups of masters to secretly attack, but they all went and never returned. Wan Yanliang was shocked and frightened, and he was helpless. had no choice but to take the name of the inseparability of the national teacher and set up the Living Buddha of Andor as the national teacher.

In the first year of Dading (1161), after Yan Yong ascended the throne, he personally went to Huining Temple to meet Pufeng. At first, Pufeng was still closed, but every year, after Yan Yongdu went to Huining Temple twice, waited for an hour at the temple gate, and bowed three times when he left, and this was the case for several years. Finally, in the fifth year of Dading (1165), when Yan Yong went to Huining Temple again. The temple door was wide open, and someone invited Yan Yong in. Wan Yan Yong entered the temple alone, and came out three hours later, taking two people with him. It is Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Chen Monk. Since then, although Pufeng is still not in the middle capital, the temple gate of Huining Temple has been opened again. to show that he recognized the throne of Wan Yan Yong. And the Jin people still regard Pufeng as the national teacher, and An Duo is only regarded as the second national teacher.

Yang Yizhong said: "Pufeng has a very high prestige in the Jin Kingdom, and the Jurchens are as respectful as gods. He reopened the temple gate and removed the two closed disciples from the Golden Court, which was tantamount to acknowledging Wan Yan Yong's status as the master of the Jin Kingdom. And this person's martial arts are extremely high, when he was in Taishan martial arts meditation Zen master and Bao Shu Fang Dao Chang died, if my Great Song and Jin war, this person will inevitably come out. Pufeng is proficient in the art of war, and has won the hearts of the Jurchens, how to deal with him, please discuss. ”

Wan Xiansheng's face was solemn: "Pufeng's martial arts are indeed extraordinary, and I think he is the number one master of Buddhism and Taoism today: Dao Yue of Shaolin and Shi Cen of Heavenly Master may not be his opponents." ”

Gu Zhenyang nodded and said, "In my opinion, today there is probably only the Sword Demon Dugu Idiot who can fight with Pufeng. ”

Yang Yizhong frowned and said: "Dugu's swordsmanship is the best in ancient and modern times. But this person has not seen the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and he doesn't know whether he is dead or alive, so he went there to find him. Moreover, this person is unpredictable, and he is indistinguishable from good and evil, even if he finds him, he may not be willing to deal with Pufeng. ”

Gu Zhenyang said: "Nine years ago, I had a meeting with Dugu Idiot in Dongting Lake, and I also knew a thing or two about him. This person can't talk about good and evil, but he has been studying swordsmanship all his life, and he is crazy. Other things can be ignored, so that people feel that they are unpredictable and indistinguishable from good and evil. His swordsmanship is indeed invincible in the world, and he claimed to be invincible more than ten years ago. If he heard the news that Pu Feng had reopened the temple door, he would probably take the initiative to come to the door. After all, there are not many people in the world who are worthy of letting him make a move. ”

Yixiu said: "I just don't know if this Dugu idiot is dead or alive, and now he is hiding there, so where to find him?" ”

Wan Xiansheng said to Yang Yizhong: "To deal with the matter of Pufeng, I am afraid that a few of us here may not be able to discuss any good way." I think it's better to tell Dao Yue and Shi Cen first, and see what they can do. In addition, I am looking for a lonely idiot. Everyone works together, and there will definitely be a way. ”

Gu Zhengyang said: "In fact, with the cultivation of the general wind as an extraordinary saint, I should have stopped asking about the world, and I wouldn't have done any military affairs with the Jin country in the future, so I don't have to be too careful." ”

Yang Yizhong also said: "Under normal circumstances, Pufeng will naturally not come out, but if the Jin soldiers are defeated and the country is shaken, will he still be indifferent?" What's more, there are still two disciples in the Golden Court, and he will definitely not ignore them. ”

Gu Zhengyang nodded and said, "That's what I said." ”

Wan Xian said: "In this way, I will contact the rebels in Hebei and the Central Plains, the second child, you go to find Dugu idiot, and the third child, you go to Daoyue and Shi Cen."

Yang Yizhong said: "Then please worry more about this matter." He took out a jade talisman and handed it to Wan Xian and said: "Take this cloud talisman, you can directly find Li Xianzhong, Shao Hongyuan and Li Bao, they are all commanders in all aspects, and they can directly tell them the military situation on the front line." ”

Wan Xiansheng took the cloud talisman and said, "Who is the commander-in-chief of the front line in this Northern Expedition?" ”

Yang Yizhong said: "It's Zhang Jun." ”

Wan Xian said: "What about Yu Yunwen? ”

Yang Yizhong closed his eyes, sighed and said: "The day before yesterday, Sichuan reported urgently, Wu Tangqing died of illness, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the emperor ordered the temporary secret not to mourn, and Ren Yu Yunwen was the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi military affairs. ”

Wan Xiansheng lost his voice and said, "What? Wu Lan is dead? ”

Yang Yizhong smiled bitterly and said, "Wu Tangqing is indeed not the right time to go. In his heart, he was very emotional, and now he is the only one left among the generals in the Shaoxing period. Watching his former comrades-in-arms leave one by one, Yang Yizhong couldn't help but be shocked by the desolation.

Wan Xiansheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, Yu Yunwen is familiar with military affairs and government affairs, and is indeed the best candidate to replace Wu Lan in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi, but Sichuan is not the main battlefield of this Northern Expedition after all, and without Yu Yunwen's overall situation, it is indeed a big loss for this Northern Expedition. Then he asked, "What about you?" You're in charge of that horse. ”

Yang Yizhong shook his head and said: "This time I will not go to the front of the enemy in the Northern Expedition, and I will stay in Lin'an." ”

Wan Xiansheng exclaimed: "So there is only Zhang Jun in front of him, how can Zhang Jun do it?" ”

But the heart is not unreasonable. Although Zhang Jun has high prestige among the main battle faction, he is a civilian official, and his vision is too narrow, lacking Yu Yunwen's overall view of the overall situation. Although he served as a privy councillor for many years, he did not achieve much in military affairs. The defeat of Fuping in the fourth year of Jianyan (1140), the Huaixi military mutiny in the seventh year of Shaoxing (1147), and the defeat of Fuli in the first year of Longxing (1163) are all related to his unstoppable command. In the absence of Yu Yunwen to control the overall situation, it is also appropriate to be assisted by a veteran like Yang Yizhong, who has actual military experience and has commanded large armies in combat.

Yang Yizhong sighed again and said, "The relationship between me and Zhang Jun is very delicate, and it is really not suitable to work together at this time. ”

In fact, Yang Yizhong and Zhang Jun have no personal grudges, but Yang Yizhong has experienced a hundred battles, and his popularity in the Song army is far greater than that of Zhang Jun. And the title is also above Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun himself is not a humble and generous person. In this way, if the two of them are colleagues together, it is inevitable that there will be no mustard. What's more, the important ministers are leading the army outside, and the capital also needs to leave a general just in case.

Wan Xiansheng sighed: "At the moment of the great enemy, why can't you work together to reach the outside world?" ”

Yang Yi smiled bitterly in the center, how could such a situation not be deliberately created by Emperor Zhao Tuan? It is the practice of every Great Song Emperor to decentralize power, let ministers contain each other, and not let one person dominate. Even Zhao Tuan was determined to start a war with the Jin State, and he still wanted to leave Tang Si of the main peace faction in the court as the prime minister, that is, in order to create a balance in the court and not let the main war faction dominate.

It is precisely under the guidance of this principle of employing people that in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there were indeed few ministers who passed on power, but at the same time, it also caused disputes among ministers, procrastination in handling affairs, and low administrative efficiency. These habits were also worn by the Great Song Dynasty.

However, Yang Yizhong had no way to say these words to Wan Xiansheng. I had no choice but to say: "Now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, my personal position is nothing." But the important matter of contacting the righteous people of Hebei and Shandong and cooperating with the Northern Expedition depends on you, Brother Xiansheng. ”

Wan Xian said: "Don't worry. I'll leave that to me. ”

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Yang Yan left the Water Pattern Garden with a depressed stomach. Thinking that it was still early, I didn't want to go to the barracks, so I walked around and walked to the edge of the West Lake.

Although it is early spring, the weather is still cold. There are also many tourists walking on the lake in spring. Red men and green women, endlessly. Weeping willows cling, the first sight of greenery. The water on the lake is sparkling, and hundreds of ks compete for the current. The sound of silk and bamboo and the singing of singers are endless.

Yang Yan's eyes were sharp, and he found that sitting in a big colorful boat was the Linding garrison Tang Hezheng who he had seen in Lao Xie's restaurant that day, and the back of the courtesan with his back to him was vaguely Yan Rui. Yang Yan didn't want to meet with them, turned around and just wanted to leave, when suddenly a man in Tsing Yi came over and bowed his hand and said, "May I ask if the honor frame is Yang Yan and Yang are in control." ”

Yang Yan also said: "Don't dare, I am Yang Yan, what do you have to say." ”

The man in Tsing Yi said: "It turns out that it is really Yang Commandery, and the master under him asks the Commander to come over and talk about it." He turned around and pointed. Yang Yan followed his finger and saw a gorgeous four-wheeled carriage parked under a big tree on the side of the road. There were also four men in the same outfit as the man in green clothes standing next to the car, obviously family members, and two women who looked like maids.

Yang Yan was stunned, and he couldn't tell who it was, and what was going on with him. While he was hesitating, the curtain on the carriage window was opened, revealing a delicate face. It was Zhao Qianru.

The man in Tsing Yi also smiled: "Now the control can be moved." ”

Yang Yan sighed secretly, could he still refuse?

When the doors are closed, the world inside the car seems to be cut off from the outside. Zhao Qianru, who was smiling and smiling, sat in front of her, and a faint fragrance filled the whole carriage. Yang Yan suddenly felt as if his heartbeat had sped up a bit.

Zhao Qianru's face was slightly red and said, "Sit down." He looked to the side and moved to make way for a vacant seat.

Yang Yan sat beside Zhao Qianru, feeling the strange feeling of rubbing shoulders with the beautiful princess, and said, "Princess, how did you come here." ”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Qianru: "Don't call me princess in the future, okay?" Just call me Qianru. Her wonderful eyes stared at Yang Yan and said softly, "Don't treat me as a princess in the future." After we get married, I will try to learn to be a good wife to you. If I do something wrong, don't let me be wronged just because I'm a princess.

Yang Yan's heart was moved, and he fully realized Zhao Qianru's deep affection for him. Suddenly I thought of my mother's instructions to me before she died, "You must let the woman you love bless." Finally, he couldn't help but open his arms and hugged Zhao Qianru into his arms.

Zhao Qianru closed her eyes slightly, leaned her delicate body close to Yang Yan's arms, and let the man she loved embrace her.

The whole carriage is full of warmth.

Zhao Qianru said softly: "After seeing you that day, when I returned to the palace, the whole person seemed to have lost my soul, and I was restless. I want to know how you decide, but I'm afraid to know. But fortunately, I heard the result I had hoped for, and although my mother and brother laughed at me for a few days, it was worth it. ”

Yang Yan's heart was moved again, and he gently stroked her and said, "How fortunate am I, Yang Yan, in this life, where Qianru deserves to be so devoted to me." In this life and this life, if I have the slightest disappointment of Qianru, I will not be able to stand on the human world. ”

Zhao Qianru stretched out her hand to cover his mouth and said, "I don't want you to swear, as long as you are sincere to me, it is enough." ”

Yang Yan gently shook her slender hand, put it to her mouth, and kissed it gently. Zhao Qianru's whole body trembled slightly, and with a "cherry blossom" sound, she buried her head in Yang Yan's arms again, motionless.

After a long time, Yang Yan said: "Why is it so coincidental, you also came to the West Lake today." ”

Zhao Qianru said with a smile: "That's such a coincidence, people heard that King Deng invited you, so they were waiting for you on the way back." What did you and King Ning talk about? I heard that a few days ago, King Deng also invited Yu Gongliang to appear, and after seeing it, he said that Yu Gongliang had great materials. What does he say about you. ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it's not any better, he invited me to probably show how good his tea-making talent and chess skills are in front of me." Yu Gongliang is probably much better than me in this area. ”

Zhao Qianru grinned and said: "What is tea making, which is tea ceremony, but it is very profound knowledge." ”

Yang Yan muttered, "Isn't it just drinking a cup of tea?" Is it that troublesome? If I want to drink every bowl of tea, it's so annoying, I have to die of thirst. ”

Zhao Qianru "giggled" and laughed: "Telling you that the tea ceremony is like playing the piano to the cow, if King Deng hears you say this, he will have to be angry with you." ”

Yang Yan snorted and said, "It was me who was angry and died, not him." After drinking tea, I was asked to play chess, I obviously admitted defeat, and he still didn't give up, and he actually blamed me for admitting defeat too early. It is ridiculous to say that 'if the two armies are fighting, how can they give up so easily'. What is the matter of playing chess and fighting? ”

Zhao Qianru smiled slightly and said: "King Deng is this temper, eager to learn the style of celebrities and scholars in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and imitate the style of Anshi." ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said, "An Shi? Is it Anshi, the prince of Jingguo? What did King Deng do to emulate him, and did he also want to change the law? ”

Zhao Qianru was angry and funny, and "disgusted" him and said, "What Wang Anshi, it's Xie An and Xie Shi." Think of the chessboard as a battlefield. ”

Yang Yan said: "Xie An Xie Shi I know, but what does it mean to see the chessboard as a battlefield?" ”

Zhao Qianru said: "King Deng often said that everything in the world is the same, the chessboard is like a battlefield, and the chess pieces are soldiers. If you are a general who wins all battles, he must also be an excellent chess player, on the contrary, he can be invincible on the chessboard, then he will be invincible on the battlefield. ”

Only then did Yang Yan understand why Zhao Kai said the sentence 'proficient in the art of war, if you want to come to chess, you must be smart'. Shook his head again and again: "What is the truth of this? How can playing chess and fighting war be confused. ”

Zhao Qianru became interested and said, "I think what King Deng said is very reasonable." I think [Sun Tzu's Art of War] can be used in chess except for the fire attack chapter and the use of the interval, and the others. ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "Then think about it, have you ever heard of Sun Wu and Wu Qi being good at playing chess, it seems that there was no Go at that time, have you heard of Han Xin and Li Jing's chess skills comparable to national players?" Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say Di Xiangwu of my dynasty, Yue Wumu hasn't heard that they can play chess. In the same way, there are many national players in the Great Song Dynasty now, and one is called to command the army to see if he can win the battle. ”

Zhao Qianru thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense!"

Yang Yan said: "The real battlefield has mountains, plains, forests, rivers, and lakes, are there any of these chessboards?" The abilities of soldiers are high and low, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and they are by no means comparable to cold chess pieces. The principles of playing chess and fighting a war do seem to be somewhat similar, and some principles of the art of war can also be used in chess, but in practice they are fundamentally different things. ”

Zhao Qian said thoughtfully: "What you said does make sense. ”

Yang Yan said: "Even people who are familiar with military books may not know how to fight, let alone play chess." ”

Zhao Qianru nodded slightly, only people like Yang Yan who have experienced the battlefield know what the real battlefield is all about, and the words of celebrities like King Ning are just pure talk, not realistic. Thinking about it, she sat up from Yang Yan's arms, cut her hair and said, "Okay, I just came out to see you, it's not too early, I should go back." ”

Yang Yan suddenly kissed her on the cheek, and Zhao Qianru was flushed with shame. Then he pushed the car door open and jumped in.

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Just when Yang Yan and Zhao Qianru kissed me and me, in the palace of Dajin Zhongdu, thousands of miles away, Emperor Wanyan Yong was discussing with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs how to deal with the Northern Expedition that the Great Song Dynasty was about to start.

Wan Yan Changzhi said: "This is considered the Southern Song Dynasty Xing Army, which can be said to be well-prepared, well-planned, and at the end of last year, Suzhou was conquered, and the morale was booming, so it was really not to be underestimated." Weichen thought that I, Dajin, should temporarily avoid its edge, first give up some land and cities, pride the heart of the Song army, and make the Song army's battle line lengthen. When the Song army's front gradually weakened, it was concentrating its forces and breaking through separately, but the Song army could be defeated. ”

Wan Yanyong nodded slightly, looking at the young courtier with satisfaction.

Wan Yan Changzhi is thirty years old this year, he is the youngest son of the late fourth prince Wan Yan Zongbi, and Wan Yan Yong's generation. At the same time, he is also the personal disciple of the national teacher Pufeng, of course, in terms of generation, he is the disciple of Pufeng.

Although Pu Feng has long been no longer Dajin's national teacher, in the minds of the Jurchens, the word "national teacher" must always be added in front of Pu Feng, although this makes the current national teacher An Duo very dissatisfied, but there is nothing to be done.

In recent years, Wanyan Changzhi has attacked Western Xia, leveled Goryeo, fixed Mongolia, and shocked Tibet. The military achievements are impressive, although he is young, but he worships the general Zhaoyong under the four grades of the official. He is the best among the young generals of the Dajin Kingdom. Therefore, Wan Yanyong first asked his opinion.

After listening to Yan Changzhi's unexpectedly, Wan Yan Yong looked around at the ministers and said, "What do you think of Changzhi's discussion?" ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining immediately went out of class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the long-term strategy is too cowardly, I have a million gold armor, thousands of generals, and hundreds of thousands of war horses, so why should I be afraid of the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty." Weichen is not material, and he is willing to petition for the order to go on the expedition and give the Southern Song Dynasty a head-on blow, so that Zhao Tuan'er does not dare to face my big gold and obediently call him a minister. "He has been unconvinced since he led the recapture of Suzhou last year. is holding back the fire and wants to have a big battle with the Song army. How can he accept Yan Changzhi's plan to lure the enemy in-depth.

Wan Yan Yongyi frowned and said: "Zhuqing, don't underestimate the Southern Song Dynasty, in the past five or six years, Zhao Tuanxiao'er has been inspiring troops and horses, gathering grass and grain, just to attack my Dajin." Last year, as soon as he sent troops, he went down to Lingbi, Hongxian, and Suzhou. It can be seen that the person who came was not good. Although my Dajin is not afraid of him, I can't underestimate him. ”

At this time, Bai Yanjing came out of the class and said: "The emperor doesn't have to be careful, last year it was just that the Southern Song Dynasty took advantage of my big money to send troops, and he was lucky to win." Now that my Dajin is also well prepared, why should I be afraid of the Song army? ”

Sanpu Zhongyi also came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the Southern Song Dynasty was weak, and only Yue Fei was invincible back then, and now Yue Fei has been killed by the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty and self-destroyed the Great Wall." And the other Southern Song Dynasty generals were also old and dead. Li Xianzhong and Shao Hongyuan, who are now leading the army, are incompetent. Zhang Jun is even more defeated under my Dajin. Why should we show weakness to our enemies? According to the old minister, it should be as Lord Sushi Lie said, and the army should directly fight the Song army. ”

At this time, other ministers also expressed that they were willing to fight a decisive battle with the Song army, rather than adopting the strategy of Wanyan Changzhi. And some Han officials such as Taishi Zhang Hao, Cai Songnian, Xu Lin, Zhang Zhizhou, etc., were very embarrassed to stand in the court and did not say a word.

Wan Yan Changzhi sighed, and did not argue with those ministers when he went out of class. He knew very well in his heart that although he was the youngest son of the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi and a closed disciple of the national teacher Pufeng, he would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among other ministers if he was in a prominent position at a young age. After all, it is difficult for the ministers of the older generation to accept that a new junior can stand with them so easily. Therefore, I would rather believe that Wanyan Changzhi is because Wanyan Zongbi and Pufeng are also in a prominent position, rather than admit that he is really real.

As for the military exploits of Wan Yan Changzhi, it is often just a light sentence: young people, far from good. I brought it with me.

But Wanyan Changzhi sighed not only because of the treatment of these old ministers, but also because of their attitude towards the Southern Song Dynasty. In their minds, the Southern Song Dynasty was forever stuck in the era when Mu Jin's soldiers captured Bianliang, captured the second emperor, and searched the mountains and chased the sea.

In the minds of the Jurchens, among the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, only Yue Fei was a strong opponent. The rest of the generals are not worth mentioning. Huang Tiandang fought because the Jin people were not good at water warfare; The defeat of Monk Yuan was due to the inability to give full play to the advantages of the Jin cavalry in the mountains, and the battle of Shunchang was due to the Song army's stubborn defense of the city, and the defeat in these battles was not due to the strength of the Song army. If the two sides are facing each other in a bright and bright way, Song Jun is by no means the opponent of Jin Jun,—— except for Yue Fei, of course. Because only Yue Fei was the only person in the Southern Song Dynasty who could defeat the Jin soldiers in the field.

The corners of Wanyan Changzhi's mouth flashed with a smile of sawdust. Fighting in the bright light, who will fight in the bright light now. Not good at water warfare, not good at mountain warfare, not good at siege cities, can not be an excuse for defeat at all. If the Song army is defeated and the Southern Song Dynasty is destroyed, then the Jin army must learn water warfare, mountain warfare, and siege warfare.

Xingze can only repeat the story of the battle of Quarshiji in the sixth year of Zhenglong (1161), when a Yangtze River blocked 600,000 Jin troops.

At this time, the quarrel in the court became more and more intense, and most of the Jurchen ministers advocated a decisive battle with the Song army.

Wan Yan Changzhi took a half step back, and looked at these ministers who were fighting the decisive battle with disdain. Yes, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have generals like Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Wu Jie, but who can compare with Zong Han, Zong Wang, Zong Qiang, and Zong Bi in Dajin now?

The peace of the second year of the Emperor's reign (1142) brought peace to Jin and Song for nearly three decades, but it also brought Jin, like Song, into an era without heroes.

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Wan Yan Changzhi walked out of the Golden Palace slowly, deliberately leaving the others at a distance. On the side of the stone lion outside the Golden Palace, a tall, big-eyed and bearded Jurchen young man immediately greeted him as soon as he came out: "Changzhi, you finally came out, how are you discussing?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi said: "Monk Chen, you've been waiting for a long time." ”

This young man also has the surname Wanyan, his name is Yi, and his name is Liangzuo. However, people who are familiar with him call him Wanyan Chen Monk. His father was originally a member of Wanyan Zongbi's clan, and he was deeply trusted by Zongbi, but he was also killed by Wanyan Liang. He and one of Wanyan Chang fled to Huining Temple, was adopted by Pufeng, and also studied art with Pufeng, and was the most trusted person of Wanyan Changzhi.

Wanyan Changzhi said: "Your Majesty ordered that Su Shi Lie Zhining go to guard Xuzhou, and Bai Yan respectfully guard Nanyang. ”

Wanyan Chen Monk was stunned and said, "Do you still want to have a hard encounter with Song Jun?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi sighed and said, "In the minds of the ministers of that state, the Song army is still vulnerable!" ”

Monk Wanyan Chen "snorted" and said: "If the Song army is really vulnerable, why shouldn't Lingbi, Hongxian, and Suzhou be lost last year." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that no one thinks like us." In fact, whether it is a unified era such as Qin, Han, and Tang, or a period of division such as the Three Kingdoms, the martial arts of the Han people have never been weak. Back then, my Taizu and Taizong were able to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty so easily, but it was just in time for a good time, which was the most corrupt and incompetent time in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen nodded and said, "The Han people's literature and skills are far higher than our Jurchens, and as long as their soldiers are well trained, supplemented by excellent weapons and equipment, it is not easy to defeat them. ”

Wan Yan Changzhi said: "Forget it, the emperor has decided by the scriptures, and I can't do anything." What's more, if I hit it hard, my Dajin may not lose. It's just that the winners and losers are between five and five. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen shook his head and said, "But if you still fight against the Song army with the concept that the Song army is still vulnerable, then it is difficult to say." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi nodded, and was just about to speak, when he suddenly saw a eunuch hurriedly walking out of the palace, and when he saw Wan Yan Changzhi still standing outside the hall, his face was happy, and he came to Wan Yan Changzhi and said: "General Wan Yan, the emperor has an edict, please follow me into the palace immediately." ”

Note: The name Wanyan Changzhi is a character in Mr. Liang Yusheng's works, and has appeared in novels such as [Crazy Heroes and Heavenly Witches], [Wind and Cloud Thunder and Lightning], and [Flying Phoenix and Hidden Dragon].

Monk Wanyan Chen was a famous general at the end of the Jin Dynasty, and there were no famous generals in the Song and Jin dynasties around the fourth year of the Gandao (1168), so he had to pull out the famous generals at the end of the Jin Dynasty to make up the number, anyway, this is not a historical novel.